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F. P. DAY.

GAR SIGNAL.

No. 312,099. Patented Feb. 10, 1885.

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FLORANOE PERDUE DAY, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND THOMASM. VAN COURT, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-SIGNAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,099, dated February10, 1885.

Application filed May 5, 1884. (No model.)

To (.tZZ whom it may concern.-

of the car on the springs. The cog-wheels F Be it known that I, FLORANCEP. DAY, of are loosely mounted on the ends of the shaft 50 Omaha,Douglas county, and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and ImprovedSpeed and Direction Indicator for Railway Trains, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

The object ofmy invention is to provide a new and improved device forindicating the speed of a train and the direction in which the trainmoves by flashes of light.

The invention consists in the combination, with a car, of a verticalshaft held at each side of the same, which shafts carry on their upperends devices for producing flashes of light, and of which shafts one isrevolved when the car runs in one direction and the other when the carruns in the inverse direc tion, the said shafts being revolved from acar-axle.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a carprovidedwith myimproved speed and direction indicator, parts being broken out; and Fig.2 is a crosssectional elevation of the same.

A vertical shaft, A, is journaled in each side of the car B, the saidshaft projecting from the roof and bottom of the car. A lantern, O, issecured on the top of each shaft, and a bevel cog-wheel, D, is mountedon the 3 lower end of each shaft, the bevel cog-wheels D engaging withbevel cog-wheels F on the ends of a transverse shaft, E, journaled belowthe bottom of the car.

0n the shaft E a bevel cog-wheel, G, is

mounted, which engages with a bevel cogwheel, H, on one end of alongitudinal shaft, J, journaled below the bottom of the car, andprovided at or near its middle with a universal joint, K. On theopposite end of the shaft a bevel cog-wheel, L, is mounted, whichengages with a bevel cog-wheel, M, on one of the car-axles, N. Theuniversal joint is provided for the purpose, permitting of the play E,and are provided on the inner surface with pivoted pawls O, which reston and engage with reversely arranged ratchet-wheels P, mounted rigidlyon the shaft E, near the ends. The shaft E is thus revolved from thecaraxle, and if the car or train moves in one direction one shaft A isrevolved, and if the train moves in the inverse direction the othershaft is revolved, both by the shaft E. Only one shaft is revolved at atime, the ratchet- 6 wheels and pawls being arranged accordingly.

In place of the ratchet-wheels and pawls any other suitable clutchingdevice may be used.

The lanterns C have a single-glass light in one side, and if thelanterns are revolved they will produce flashesof light, thus showingthat the train is in motion. The rapidity with which the flashes followeach other shows the speed of the train, and the side of the train ortrack on which the flashes are produced indicate the direction of thetrain.

In place of revolving the light, the same can be held stationary, and aslotted hood surrounding it can be revolved; or a screen can 7 bereciprocated or rocked in front of the lantern; or any other means maybe provided for producing flashes of light on the car in the manner andfor the purpose set forth.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. In a car-signal, the upright shafts carrying thelight-flashing devices and driven by the car-axle through intermediateshafts, one carrying loose pinions or wheels geared to said uprightshafts, and provided with means to permit their reverse engagement withand disengagement from one of said intermediate shafts, saidintermediate shafts being geared together and to the car-axle, sub- 0stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a car-signal, the upright shafts carrying light-flashingcontrivances and driven by the car-axle through intermediate shafts, onecarrying loose pinions or wheels geared to 5 said upright shafts, andprovided with reverse 1y-acting pawls engaging ratchet-wheels fixed Jhaving a universal joint, K, and c0g-whee1s to said intermediate shafts,said intermediate H L, and the bevel cog-wheel M on one car- 10 shaftsbeing geared together and to the caraxle, substantially as herein shownand deaxle, substantially as and for the purpose set scribed.

FLORANOE PERDUE DAY;

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3. The combination, with a car, of the ver- .Vitnesses: tical shafts A,the shaft E, gearing for oper- J. L. KENNEDY, ating the shafts A fromthe shaft E, the shaft ELNATHAN MARSH.

